Naut. (See quots.)
1711. W. Sutherland, Ship-build. Assist., 162. Quick-work; that part of a Ship’s Sides both within and without Board, above the Channel-wales and Decks.
1730. Capt. W. Wriglesworth, MS. Log-bk. of the ‘Lyell,’ 21 Sept., This morning begun to Caulk the Quick Work on the Quarter deck.
1776. Falconer, Dict. Marine (ed. 2), Quick-Work,… a general name given to all that part of a ship which is under the surface of the water when she is laden. Ibid. (1780), (ed. 3), Vibord, the quick-work, or that part of a ship’s side … comprehended between the drift-rails and the waist-rail.
c. 1850. Rudim. Navig. (Weale), 139. Quickwork. A denomination given to the strakes which shut in between the spirketing and clamps.
1867. Smyth, Sailor’s Word-bk., Quick-Work, is also applied to that part of the inner upper-works of a ship above the covering board. Also, the short planks worked inside between the ports…. In general parlance quick-work is synonymous with spirketting.
